Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_y...> wrote:
> > How would Size 31 relate to "the length of (a too
> > high two digits
> > number) horses"? Unless we use Shetland ponies to
> > measure it...
> I have no idea, I didn't know it said that. All you
> quoted was it "outsizing a dream dragon".
It was the usual phrase to describe that monster.
> SIZ is a measure of weight, not length/depth, of
> course. A flying creature is presumably low density?
> And wyverns have tails?
Sure. So do dream dragons, which is why I didn't use that quote.
> Not that I have the SIZ to lbs/kg conversion chart
> here, nor much idea how to convert that to length.
> What do we compare with? Birds?
I'd use Pteranodons, with the caveat that beasties of that size cannot fly without magic or jet propulsion. And I'd advise to take a huge gliding bird for the basis, like a condor or an albatros.
> Of course, the same sums would apply to a dream
> dragon.
> So, how many horses was it, and how long are they?
I seem to recall 17 or 19 horses. Even if we take only one sixth of this for the body, that's at least three horse lengths for the body, and an estimated leg length of three horses or more than a longhouse, too.
Wyvern, griffin, hippogriff and sky bull are about the same size, and either ought to be smaller than a dream dragon or a wyrm. Another size comparison for the wyvern could be the winged dragonewts.
More like the wyverneers discussed on the Whitewall list, really. Coming in flights to create the threat level described in Widows Tale.
Where in the Lunar Empire are they "harvested", by the way, and which dragons dream them up?
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